Improvement in cotton-planters



BLAGKMAN AsBURY RAMSEY, or TRENToN, TENNESSEE.

Letters APatent No. 110,393, dated December 20, 1870; antedeted December 13, 1870.

I M PROVEMENT IN COATTO N-PLANTE RS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letten Patent and making part of the same.

To all v'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLACKMAN ASBURY RAMsnY, of Trenton, inthe county of Gibson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Cotton-Pianters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact desoliption of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the lett-ers and figures of reference marked thereon.

v Figure 1 of the drawing is a central vertical longitudinal section of my cotton-planter. v

Figure 2 is a transverse 'section of the seed-barrel. A-Iligure 3 is a top view of the planter. e

My yinvention relates to machines for planting cot'- -ton, and consists in certain improvements in the seed- .drum, barrow, and covering devices, whereby the seed are caused to pass in suflicient quantity through the perforations of the drum while, at the same time, the soilis prepared, thc furrow opened, the seed covered,

lfand-the ridge smoothed inra satisfactory manner.

"i The letters A of the drawingdesignate the longitudinalstrips which form. thevsi'des or runners of the frame.

These strips are connected in front by the liar- -row-frame B and cross-ties C D, and in rear by the tie E.

AF represents the seed-drum, provided with journals, a a, arranged to rotate in the vertical slots of the uprights G. l

The exit openings c for the seed are elliptical in form, with the long axis extending in the direction of the furrow.

b b represent pins driven through the prisinatic or cylindrical wall of the drum in such a manner 'that they project partly without and partly within the drum.

The inner surface of the drum is niadc to slope or incline from the heads thereof toward the center or line of openingsc c, thus causing a tendency ofthe respond with the form of the ridge, and serves to smooth the surface thereof after being scratched by the barrow. u

H is the furrowing-shoe, fastened to the ties C D.

E is the rear connecting-tie, also made concave `on its lower side, and provided with the inner corner braces lek, both braces and tie being beveled on the forward and under side in such a` manner as to draw the soil over the seed in the furrow.

In rear of this tie is pivoted the concave roller L. The operation of my invention is as follows: `The passing of the barrow over the ridge scratches the surface and forms it roughly, throwing olf the loose clods therefrom, while the long central tooth breaks the ground 'for the shoe. The concave tie in front ot' the drum forms the ridge and pulverizes the clods; the furrow being made by thev shoe, the seed are dropped into it by the drum through the exit openings.

Cotton seed are somewhat oleaginous and are covevered with lint, and hence' they have a tendency to agglomerate. This is prevented by the projecting pins inside the drum, which not only break up the masses but serve to carry the seed upward as the drum rotates, thus causing it to fall .from a height upon the bottom of the drum and through the openinns.

cblhe elliptical shape of these openings is designed to permit a plentiful supply of seed to be sown while none will be scattered outside of the furrow.

The openings are prevented from becoming` clogged with the earth by the fact that the drum is kept from contact with the ground by the exterior pins. These, at the same time, promote the rotation of the drum.

As the journals are arranged to have free vertical motion in the slots of the uprights, the drum is enabled to accommodate itself to the uneven places` ou the ridge.

The seed being dropped in the furrow are covered by the beveled tie and braces following, and the ridge is finally rolled and shaped by the concave roller.

IVhat I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The cotton-planter herein described, having' automatically-adjustable barrel F, concave crushing and smoothing ties D E, concave barrow B, and concave roller L, when constructed and arranged as and for the purposes specified. Y

2. In a cotton-planter, the concave barrow B,

adapted to the form ofA the' ridge,` having its central tooth c' longer than its fellows, to open the way for the furrowing-shoe, as specified.

3. In combination with the slotted uprghts G ofthe frame, the automatically-adj ustable seed-barrel F, having inner wall sloping to the center, and elliptical exit opening c, and provided with the pins b extendn ing partly within and partly without the barrel, as specified. v

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

B. A. RAMSEY.

IVitnesess:

L. M. JONES, J. T. OOUTRE. 

